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The Slow Newscast

The Slow Newscast from The Observer takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From wars in Ukraine and Gaza through to true crime and injustice and real life mysteries, The Slow Newscast team is devoted to narrative investigations covering some of the biggest topics of the day.Who are the people biohacking themselves in a quest for immortality? Or the man taking on an entire nation in the high seas to protect whales

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36:40

Pfizer's war

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/09/30

It’s been said often enough: the pandemic has been like a war. Economically, on civil liberties and the deaths it has caused, it’s hard to find a better comparison. And just like a war it places responsibilities on companies that make vital supplies which are different from peacetime – to profit, but not to profiteer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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49:40

Wrong turn: murder and miscarriage of justice

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/09/23

Plenty of people take wrong turns in their lives. But so too can justice systems. John Crilly and hundreds more have been the victims of the legal doctrine of Joint Enterprise and how it has been applied for the past 30 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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31:37

Beau and Biden: Constant companions

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/09/16

Joe Biden’s life has been marked by grief, most recently at the death of his beloved son, Beau. And Beau Biden’s legacy isn’t only personal, it’s political, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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47:39

Orphaned by America

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/09/09

In Donald Trump's America, thousands of children who crossed the border from Mexico were separated from their parents. It's now clear that some of those families - perhaps hundreds - may never be reunited. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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53:42

Smear: cartels and conspiracies in Oldham

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/09/02

A year ago, journalist Joshi Herrmann got an anonymous tip. It sent him to a website claiming to have evidence of serious corruption, grooming gangs and “cartels” operating in Oldham. From there, Joshi stumbled across a remarkable story about how online conspiracies are poisoning local politics, spilling out from paranoid corners of the internet all the way to the ballot box. And at the heart of it all is on one rather angry man, who calls himself “the recusant”... Hosted on Acast. See

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1:01:57

Son of Afghanistan

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/08/26

The remarkable story of Rohullah Yakobi, a daring escape, and a 20-year war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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36:19

Popbitch: the power of gossip

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/08/19

Over 20 years, a simple email newsletter has reshaped celebrity culture. In a special edition of the Slow Newscast, Claudia Williams tells the story of Popbitch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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44:29

Boycott! The lost Olympics

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/07/29

With human rights groups demanding a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, we look back to Moscow 1980, and ask what’s the lesson of the most notorious Olympic boycott in modern times? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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51:58

Genesis: The mystery of where Covid began

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/07/15

The truth of an origin story has never mattered more: did Covid cross to humans from an animal, or did it escape from a laboratory? The arguments have only grown fiercer. And in the fog of war, the World Health Organisation lost its way Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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48:20

The arms race

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/07/08

How the richest nations on the planet promised to vaccinate every adult, everywhere, against Covid. They failed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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27:22

DIY justice

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/06/30

This is a story about one student, one case, and a serious sexual assault.It takes place at Cambridge University, but the case – of a botched process that lets a young woman down – could have happened almost anywhere... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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34:36

Left to die - episode 3

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/06/23

In the final episode of Left to die: Nick Alexander tells the story of his torturous escape from the convoy – and the question left lying in the dust of the attack: who, really, abandoned them all? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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46:44

Left to die - episode 2

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/06/23

Episode 2 of our series investigating what happened at the Amarula Hotel: the story of Wesley and his brother Adrian, who escape in a car and are ambushed by insurgents as they race to safety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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32:35

Left to die - episode 1

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/06/23

In March, Islamist militants attacked the town of Palma, in northern Mozambique – the site of a $20bn gas project. They besieged a hotel, where more than 200 civilians were taking shelter, waiting to be rescued. But help never came. In our new three-part series, we investigate why these men, women and children were abandoned.Ep1: An Islamist insurgency hits. Nick and Wes, two South African contractors, race to the Amarula Hotel. Over three horrifying days, it becomes clear: no one is coming to help

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34:25

The missing note

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/06/17

In little more than a year - the year of the pandemic - Anand Menon lost his mother, father, brother and sister, but not to Covid. Grief and loss have been a part of so many lives this year, but none more so than Anand's. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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53:30

A death at Lancaster Lodge

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/06/10

Sophie Bennett took her own life in a care facility that was crumbling around her. Paul Caruana Galizia and Chris Cook investigate what went wrong at a charity led by a famous mental health pioneer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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48:33

Inside Downing Street: the second couple

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/06/02

After Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds’ wedding, there are now two powerful married couples in Number 10. Meet the other: Munira and Dougie... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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30:48

The neo-Nazis next door

The Slow Newscast ·

2021/05/20

In the German city of Chemnitz, political extremists aren’t just present – they’re organised. And they’re trying to spread their creed from ramshackle buildings to the rest of the country Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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